A fine globular covered jar of opaque white glass with red overlay to shoulder and lower body depicting coiling dragons, China, engraved four-character Qianlong mark and of the period. Photo Nagel Auktionen

Good condition. H. 10,1 cm. Estimate 12000/18000 €

Cf. Tsuchiya, Ch'ing Dynasty Glass, 1989, No. 15; for the overlay cut see Zhang Rong et al., Chunshui qiuying. Gugong bowuyuan cang Qingdai boliqi, Beijing 2009, no. 20 (vase), 57 (spittoon)

Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art, 2013/05/10. http://www.auction.de